Fill in the Blanks: History of Medicine
XAT 2020 · Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning · Easy · Verbal Ability
Carefully read the paragraph below:
__________, medicine has been operated by trial and error, in other words, _. We know by now that there can be entirely connections between symptoms and treatment, and some medications succeed in medical trials for mere random reasons.
From the options below, choose the one that MOST appropriately fills up the blanks.
- A.
Formerly, randomly, accidental
- B.
Traditionally, analytically, casual
- C.
Initially, statistically, unexpected
- D.
Periodically, logically, arbitrary
- E.
Historically, arbitrarily, fortuitous
E
Explanation
The first blank requires a word referring to events of the past ("historically"). The second blank requires a word that pairs with trial and error ("arbitrarily"). The third blank requires a word meaning by chance or luck ("fortuitous"). Hence, option E is correct.
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